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Took a look at the new Hockeybuzz earlier. Way too cluttered. To much to see and where do you go to see your teams threads? I guess they could have spruced it up, but it’s definitely overkill.
One idea is to sign Carter Hart for a 1 year $1M contract, then trading Stolarz for a package of picks and or prospects. Stolarz is in the last year of his contract and he’s going to want a huge raise. Stolarz was very good last year, but as usual, has injury issues. It could also be his career season and at 31 years old, he may just become Jack Campbell 2.0. Leafs should consider Hart as a backup to Woll, who’ll be the #1 going forward.
I will die on this hill. Rielly will suit up in the blue and white for at least three more seasons, at which point he has a 10 no trade list. Then, maybe, he’s gone.
You’ll be right but for the wrong reasons. Leafs management doesn’t have the brains or the balls to lean on him hard enough to trade him.
Give him the Marner treatment, if he can’t get his game together. Ever since he got married, he hasn’t been as good.
Not sold on McMann. I’d like to see them move him, on the back of his 20 goal season.
He was horrible in the playoffs. He has done well for himself, found him on the scrap heap for nothing but he’s got more value in a trade than to the Leafs long term. He only has 1 year left on his deal, on the cheap and 20 goals to his name. He’s always been injured so get value now before he goes down again and really gives you nothing.
I agree. McMann isn’t young. His learning curve is at it’s zenith and he can only go one way and that’s down. Cash in on his cheap contract and 20 goal season. You might get a second rounder for him from a team that needs some scoring and think that he’s a bargain.
Like the Joshua Tree.
Our left side is massive: just giant hunks of man flesh… McManly, Joshua Tree, Lorentz, Knies.
Not sold on McMann. I’d like to see them move him, on the back of his 20 goal season.
Actually, this might work out fairly well. If he can return to form from a few years ago, he can provide some depth scoring. Seems to me like the Leafs are moving away from being overly top heavy on the scoring side to spreading things out across four lines. He plays a physical game, no? Big boy for sure.
purely looking at 5v5 stats, he had 1 big outlier season in 2023, big PDO bender and sh%
the season before and this last one were both…not greatrisky, doesnt give me a lot of hope.
Agreed. But big body, throws hits. Not bad qualities for the playoffs. If he scores 15 and hits, he’s already better than Robertson.
If he can come in and solidify the 4th line, then, by all means. Size and toughness is required to get through Florida. Some may say, the Leafs are ignoring other Atlantic Division contenders and think it’s foolish. Florida has been to the Finals 3 years in a row and they aren’t slowing down. It’s imperative that the Leafs lock down home ice in the first round. Florida, Tampa, Montreal, and Ottawa are all tough teams to play against. The Leafs could finish first again, with less points and still be a better team than last year.
Someone started paying attention and saw the state of the Leafs threads. That can’t be good for them.
Ek saying that it was glitch in the system that got everyone banned.
It was posters from all teams that were banned.Just weird he never replied to anyone who tried to contact him about it.
No way it was all glitchiness.
That’s nonsense. I was banned in the Blackhawks thread. It was deliberate.
It’s usually best to keep the LHD on the left and the RHD on the right, except in rare situations like the PP.
I was saying Tanev is not Seth Jones, not Carlo. But you’re right, neither is like Jones. Jones could take over a game. He did more than once against the Leafs. The Leafs don’t have that, on the left or the right. They just have Rielly who does have tremendous playoff puck luck offensively but terrible defensively. And year after year, it’s cost them in the playoffs.
I can agree with this. The Leafs do need another above average Right-handed defenseman. They keep floating Karlsson out there. If they’d take Rielly off of our hands and gave the Leafs $2M retained for the last 2 years of Karlsson, than go for that. It could also include other pieces, where Pittsburgh gets a player like McMann or Robertson and the Leafs get a second rounder, or a good 3rd line forward in return. Would Rielly like to play with Sid and Gino? Back with Dubas? Let’s see if that could play.
I highly doubt he’s the next Benoit unless it’s in context of a guy nobody knew that turned out solid. He’s a puck moving defenseman that hasn’t been able to do that very effectively in the NHL yet.
He could be just a piece going elsewhere, in a bigger trade. All of this smoke about Karlsson coming over from Pittsburgh could be a prerequisite to a larger transaction. I’m not convinced that Karlsson is the answer. If he reverts to his Norris Trophy mode, then maybe. But he’s on the wrong side of 30, so I wouldn’t bet on this occurring.
I won’t miss him.
Because you like it when the Leafs lose.
In regards to the out of context photo, you’re right, Marner should have been the 3rd man in and taken a penalty. That’s what a really smart, all-time great player would have done. He’s such a moron.
Or better yet, he should have chased Point into the locker room and punched him while the medical staff was treating his injury after Rielly threw him into the boards. If he had done that, the Leafs would have at least 5 Cups in a row by now.
3rd man in? Look who was on the ice at the time. Kucherov, Point and Stamkos. So Mitch couldn’t handle those bruisers? He probably needed his Depends changed, with the thought of having to fight someone that was the same size as he was. I also remember this year, when Matthew Tkachuk was chasing him around, late in the game, slashing at him. He should have poll axed him across the ankles and that nonsense would have stopped immediately. He just didn’t have the stomach to do what needed to be done. Somewhere, I read that UG/AA mentioned that Marner was a lot like Gilmour in his prime. What a joke! There’s a reason that they called Gilmour “Killer”. That look of intensity and willingness to stick an opponent when necessary is part of what made Gilmour a bonafide star. Marner was never that and never will be that.
Treliving is going to destroy this team the same way he left Calgary in shambles.
Start preparing your draft rankings for 2028 (if the Leafs don’t trade that pick too) because the next rebuild is around the corner. This team is just starting to circle the drain.
Are you back from purgatory? Wife must have leashed you, but gave you a hero cookie to behave, while she lay on her sofa and you rubbed her feet.
Anyway, I figure the Leafs have a 2 year window to get the job done. After that, it’ll be a retooling time. If they can’t get assets for Matthews and or Nylander, once they hit their 30’s, it’ll be a fire sale to recoup young assets, something like Boston is currently doing. The only outlier is if McDavid hits free agency and they flip either Matthews or Nylander to free up cap space and build around McDavid. I give that about a 5% chance of happening. The stupidity of the league to not broach the taxation issues, in the new Collective bargaining agreement was a major faux pa. The League is too fixated at trying to make the southern cities acceptable for hockey. They’ll do an expansion and allow the two deep south entrants to get competitive quickly and screw teams like Buffalo and Columbus that can’t get or keep good young players. Bettman and his owner buddies are ruining this great sport.
A “snappy comeback” is lost on you. It’s unnecessary. You are what you are: a sheep.
OK AA. I’ve been around the old site since the early days. I’ve dealt with the real Unholy Goalie and you aren’t him. The real UG had a hate on for Leafs management, forever. He always snapped at others who disagreed. I’ve actually had civil conversations with him via PM. All you are is a changeling looking to cause dissention on this new site. Pretty much everyone gets along here, except you. I know your handy-work from the Buzz. So lets talk Marner.
I’ve seen him play in London and he was a terrific player. His skating is amazing and so is his hands. All well and good, when playing in the regular season, when you might see a team and play 2, 3 or 4 times in an 82 game schedule. Teams don’t go out of their way in the regular season to diminish opposing player’s talent on the ice. However, once the playoffs start, tactics change. Small players are at a disadvantage. The jungle becomes thicker and it’s hard to penetrate the slot area with consistency. Marner disappears, every year, when the tough get going. I only have to refer to his lazy backcheck on Pasternak, in Overtime in game 7. He didn’t skate hard enough and gave up on the play. That was his man and he let him go on the outside. Leafs lost a series because of him, but I’ve never seen you mention that in your idolization of Mitch Marner. He shrinks when the going gets tough. When you look at him, he was supposed to be one of the top 3 players on the Leafs. He could never elevate his game, when the team needed him most. Hence his record in elimination games. And before you start droning about Matthews, at least he wins faceoffs and works in the corners to dig out pucks. It was Mitch’s job to get him the puck in tight area’s and he failed miserably. Can Matthews play better? We’ll find out next year, once he’s healthy and has proper line-mates during the playoffs. Mitch deserves every criticism that he gets, since he twice decided to become a mercenary and went for top dollar, when he’s only a winger, not a center, and finally had his first 100 point season in 9 years. I wouldn’t call that Hall of Fame numbers up until now. The floor is yours, so flame on.
Something else that’s important is culture. Boston’s culture led to guys taking less to remain competitive. You’re seeing that in Florida now. You saw it in Tampa as well. Maybe Tavares’ latest contract can start something here, but I think as long as Matthews continues to seek ego-satisfying numbers, nothing will change here.
What’s sickening is the NHL under Bettman doesn’t address this issue. They want a salary cap, but still give teams in the south an advantage. Knowing how much that the Leafs contribute in revenue sharing, it’s a slap in the face to the fanbase who gives money to franchises that continues to have an advantage, thanks to the tax issues. Bettman is a clown and needs to go!
The leafs already have those two named Kampf and Jarnkrok, problem is they don’t score.
The leafs need 40P guys for the bottom end and 4-5 PK forwards, not 6-7.
Yes, whoever has the most average / below average players wins the Cup.
You miss the point about cap hit. If Leafs had paid $14M for Marner, there was no place for improvement elsewhere. 9 years of this kind of participation is enough to make a move. Marner was the only one of the young core that didn’t have a contract….hence, he was expendable.
